Electronic Arts Inc has today announced that the official game demo for EA SPORTS NHL 15 is now available for download on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. With the demo, you can lace up as either team from the 2014 Stanley Cup Final, the Los Angeles Kings or New York Rangers, and skate under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden and the Staples Center. If you are new to the NHL franchise or just want to work on mastering the Superstar Skill Stick, jump into the demo’s Practice Mode for a free skate against a goalie.
In NHL 15, you will see the most realistic looking and skating hockey players ever in a videogame, along with most detailed and authentic representation of the game of hockey itself. 12 Player NHL Collision Physics and Real Puck Physics capture the hard hitting chaos and unpredictability of the sport, while the Superstar Skill Stick and Vision AI put the flow and finesse of the game in your hands.
Witness the sights and sounds of authentic arenas across the National Hockey League, as 9,000 individual crowd models – the most ever in a sports videogame – hang on every play called by an all-new three man commentary team.
Play the game from three new camera angles, Dynamic High, Dynamic Medium and Dynamic low, to experience the on-ice action like never before. In addition, a new partnership with NBC Sports, brings a world class broadcast package to the game.
Today it was announced that Pokken Tournament (mash up of Pokemon and Tekken) is being developed in collaboration with Bandai Namco. With the announcement in Japan today, it showed Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada and Soulcalibur producer Masaaki Hoshino, reports Polygon, which likely means both teams will be contributing.
Pokken Tournament is due next year in Japan. No North American release plans have been announced.
Bethesda Softworks has today revealed the talented cast lending their voices to The Evil Within, a survival horror game developed at Tango Gameworks under the direction of legendary game designer and studio head, Shinji Mikami. The Evil Within cast includes Academy Award nominee Jackie Earle Haley (“Lincoln,” “Watchmen,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street”), Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Jennifer Carpenter (“Dexter,” “Quarantine,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”), and film and television star Anson Mount (“Hell on Wheels,” “Safe”).
The Evil Within, out October 17th in Europe, embodies the meaning of pure survival horror.Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring players to the height of tension. With limited resources at their disposal, players will fight for survival and experience profound fear in this perfect blend of horror and action.
Academy Award nominee Jackie Earle Haley, who is no stranger to horror, having recently played Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, lends his voice to The Evil Within’s main antagonist, Ruvik. Making his video game debut, Anson Mount, best known for his role as Cullen Bohannon in AMC’s Hell on Wheels, assumes the role of lead protagonist Sebastian Castellanos. Players assume the role of Sebastian, a veteran police detective, throughout the game in their terrifying struggle for survival.
Rounding off the cast is Jennifer Carpenter, well-known for her role as Debra Morgan in the hit Showtime series Dexter, who plays Juli Kidman, Sebastian’s Junior Detective partner. As part of recently announced Season Pass plans, players will be able to assume the role of Juli Kidman in post-launch content to experience The Evil Within from an entirely new perspective. “One of the most crucial elements to any successful survival horror game is the setting and sound, which includes the depth and authenticity of the voice acting,” said Mikami. “We brought together a great cast of experienced actors to help ensure that players really believe our characters’ emotions and the tension they feel in every scene.”
In The Evil Within, Detective Sebastian Castellanos and his partners are called in to investigate a gruesome mass murder. After seeing the slaughter of fellow officers, Sebastian is ambushed and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a deranged world where hideous creatures wander among the dead. Facing unimaginable terror, and fighting for survival, Sebastian embarks on a frightening journey to unravel what’s behind this evil force.
Slated for release on 16th October in Australia and 17th October across Europe, The Evil Within is in development for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC.
To celebrate the release of Metro Redux this week, here is the Launch trailer!
Metro Redux – the facts :
Metro Redux is available today in the US, and releases on Friday 29th in the UK and Europe.
Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux are each available to download from Steam, Xbox Live and PSN for an SRP of just $24.99 / €19.99 / £15.99 each. A boxed compilation including both games titles ‘Metro Redux’ is also available at retail.
Metro 2033 Redux has been completely re-built in the latest 4A Engine, and benefits from all the gameplay and technical improvements introduced with Metro: Last Light.
Both games can be played in ‘Spartan’ or Survival’ play styles, and Ranger mode is included for the ultimate, hardcore immersive challenge.
Metro: Last Light Redux includes all previously released DLC.
Metro Redux runs at a rock solid 60fs on both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has today released the exciting new key art for LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, will be available in all major retail stores in the UK on the 14th November and North America on the 11th November.
In LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, the Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. Using the power of the Lantern Rings, Brainiac shrinks worlds to add to his twisted collection of miniature cities from across the universe. Now the greatest super heroes and the most cunning villains must unite and journey to different Lantern Worlds to collect the Lantern Rings and stop Brainiac before it’s too late.
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham will be available on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita and PC.
In the world of Adventure Time someone has kidnapped all of princesses of the Nameless Kingdom! Naturally Princess Bubblegum sends Finn and his best bud Jake on a heroic adventure to rescue and choose the princess who commands the Nameless inhabitants in the Land of Ooo. After all, every Kingdom needs a princess who rules.
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom is slated to launch on 21st November in Europe and Australasia on PS3, X360 and 3DS.
At Gamescom, I sat down with Toys for Bob President Paul Reiche to talk about Skylanders Trap Team.
Skylanders is redefining the Toys-to-Life phenomenon with yet another ground-breaking innovation, Skylanders Trap Team. With Skylanders Trap Team, players can take characters out of the game and place them into physical “Traps” that kids can take with them, effectively bringing Life to Toys.
In the interview, Paul tells us about Skylanders Trap Team, the new Tablet edition of the game, Skylanders Minis and also demos some of the Tablet edition. Over to Paul:
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Forget about the regular obstacles, enemies, and bosses presented in DARK SOULS II; FromSoftware today releases Crown of the Old Iron King, the second chapter in its TheLost Crowns DLC trilogy for DARK SOULS II. Each chapter is specifically designed to enhance, challenge, and bring players to their knees as they experience the peril that is awaiting them in the DARK SOULS IITheLost Crowns trilogy.
Unfaltering fans of DARK SOULS II will immediately head over to the PlayStationNetwork, Xbox Live Marketplace, or STEAM to get this newest chapter in the unyielding DARKSOULS franchise. Gamers that are heroic enough to take on this grueling odyssey will find new environments, enemies, traps, and bosses to conquer as they embark on a journey to reclaim the crowns that Drangleic$B!G(Bs King Vendrick once owned.
Crown of the Old Iron King features an entirely different world within the DARK SOULS II universe, where players will venture into a massive tower swamped by black mist where flames, smoke and sorcery sadistically lurk.
DARK SOULS II$B!G(Bs Crown of the Old Iron King DLC is out now. Each individual chapter of The Lost Crowns trilogy will be available for purchase in Europe and Australasia via the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Marketplace, and STEAM. The STEAM and PlayStation Network season passes encompassing all three chapters of The Lost Crowns trilogy are also available!
Gfinity is coming to this year’s EGX London, next month from the 25th to the 28th September at Earls Court.
EGX London 2014 is set to become the UK’s largest ever dedicated gaming event with 80,000 attendees expected to fill two floors of London’s Earls Court.
The Gfinity stand will give EGX attendees a comprehensive eSports experience allowing them to meet pro-gamers, take part in mini tournaments with their friends and get tips on becoming a pro.
League of Legends fans are in for a treat and will be immersed in the full eSports experience across the four days as they get a chance to take part in mini competitions with plenty of great prizes up for grabs.
Also, with the release of FIFA 15 scheduled for the week of the event, Gfinity will stage a 4 person, FIFA 15 tournament featuring 4 of the UK’s biggest FIFA You-Tubers in a one-off exhibition match.
David Lilley, MD of Gamer Events, said: “We were impressed by the energy and enthusiasm that Gfinity bring to eSports. We’re excited by the prospect of working with them to provide a fantastic competitive gaming experience to our audience.”
Martin Wyatt, Head of Content & Partner Relations at Gfinity, said: ““We are going to provide some exciting and entertaining competition with the gaming community – everyone who visits EGX can come to our stand, game like a pro and talk to us about getting into eSports. We are excited to be a partner of this great event and look forward to helping others get involved.”
At Gamescom I sat down with Yager and Deep Silver to talk about Dead Island 2.
The zombie apocalypse has hit the iconic, sunny realms of California. Building on the strengths of the multi-million best-selling hit Dead Island, Dead Island 2 delivers a shared survival, open-world zombie experience set in a clash of natural beauty and bloody horror and violence: paradise meets hell once again! Developed by award-winning studio Yager, Dead Island 2 is scheduled for release in spring 2015 on Xbox One, PlayStation4 and PC.
Several months after the events on Banoi, the United States military has put the Golden State under full quarantine. Now a restricted zone, California has become a bloody paradise for those who refuse to leave their homes and an action-packed playground for renegades who seek adventure, glory and a fresh start. Combining the classic Dead Island elements of immersive close combat, action and role-playing, Dead Island 2 features crazy, never-before-seen handcrafted weapons and over-the-top characters in taking players from the iconic Golden Gate to the celebrated beachfront boardwalk of southern California’s Venice Beach.
Developed in Unreal Engine 4, Dead Island 2 brings back its acclaimed, seamless multiplayer for up to eight players who cooperate, compete or simply coexist in a truly social, new-gen multiplayer experience. Dedicated classes offer a variety of gameplay: From the action-oriented berserker to the stealthy hunter, every character offers a different style of play. An in-depth skill system allows the player to handcraft their own heroes and weapons.
And if you want to just see some new gameplay:
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At Gamescom was shown some of the new Mortal Kombat X game from NeatherRealm Studios, and after I got to talk to Ed Boon about it.
Mortal Kombat Xis NetherRealm Studios’ next highly anticipated installment in its legendary, critically acclaimed fighting game franchise that propels the iconic franchise into a new generation. The game combines cinematic presentation with all new gameplay to deliver the most brutal Kombat experience ever, offering a new fully-connected experience that launches players into a persistent online contest where every fight matters in a global battle for supremacy. For the first time, Mortal Kombat X gives players the ability to choose from multiple variations of each character impacting both strategy and fighting style. Players step into an original story showcasing some of the game’s most prolific characters including Scorpion and Sub-Zero, while introducing new challengers that represent the forces of good and evil and tie the tale together.
New and Klassic Characters: Featuring Klassics such as Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden and Kano, as well as new characters such as Cassie Cage, Kotal Kahn, Ferra-Torr and D’Vorah, the roster will include fan favorites where both good and evil must battle it out.
Character Variations:Mortal Kombat Xoffers three different versions for each playable character, all of which have their own fighting style, special moves, abilities and strategies. The Variation that players choose affects the style and overall strategy by which the game is played.
Epic, Cinematic Storyline: A deep story mode continues up to 25 years after the events of 2011’s Mortal Kombat and advances the dark tale – introducing new characters such as Cassie Cage, daughter of fan favorites Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage.
Visceral Kombat: Mortal Kombat X introduces the next evolution of fighting with the return of X-ray and Finishing Moves that showcase brutal battles like never before with enhanced graphics and animations.
Over to Ed:
Mortal Kombat X will be released in 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC.
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At Gamescom, I sat down with Gaz from Rocksteady to talk all things Batman: Arkham Knight and to try and answer the question – Who is the Arkham Knight?
In the explosive finale to the Arkham series, Batman faces the ultimate threat against the city he is sworn to protect. The Scarecrow returns to unite an impressive roster of super villains, including Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn, to destroy The Dark Knight forever. Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady’s uniquely designed version of the Batmobile, which is drivable for the first time in the franchise. The addition of this legendary vehicle, combined with the acclaimed gameplay of the Batman Arkham series, offers gamers the ultimate and complete Batman experience as they tear through the streets and soar across the skyline of the entirety of Gotham City.
So Gaz, who is the Arkham Knight?:
Batman: Arkham Knight will be released in 2015 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
At Gamescom, I sat down with Christopher Brookmyre and Nick Witcher to talk about Bedlam.
Bedlam is adapted from the novel by Christopher Brookmyre, but diverges from the original in this change of protagonist. The novel’s hero, Ross Baker, does feature prominently in the game, but the switch to a female lead – who is a gamer and sci-fi fan – offered a fresh and bitingly humorous new perspective upon the “gameverse” that the player will explore.
Over to Chris and Nick (and there’s some new gameplay in there too):
